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All the protection I can offer, girl
Is beneath this sturdy hood.
All the redemption I can offer, girl
Is beneath this dirty hood.
And I learned how to play guitar.
And I learned how to make it talk.
But tonight we'll be free
Only one of us is broke.
But tonight we'll be free
All the promises'll be broken.
But tonight when we keep all the promises we’ve broken
But tonight we'll be free; all the promises will be broken.
Congratulations, God!
Your graduation gown
For oil they will spring further on
Hey that's me, and I want you lonely.
Roy Orbison singing for the lonely
Hey that's me, and I want you only.
I'm flyin' out of here on a wing.
I'm pulling out of here to win.
In the skeleton frames of burned out chowder legs
In the skeleton frames of burned out Chevrolets
It's a town full of losers
We're pullin' out of here at 7
It's a town full of losers
We're pullin' out of here to win
Like a pigeon she dances across the porch as the radio plays
Like a vision she dances across the porch as the radio plays
Roll down the window
And let the wind know that you're there.
Roll down the window
And let the wind blow back your hair.
Screamed over some lambs
The screen door slams
The screen door slams
Mary's dressed, waiting
The screen door slams
Mary's dress waves
These two legs will take us anywhere
These two lanes will take us anywhere
Tonight we'll be free
All the pharmacies will be open.
Tonight we'll be free
All the promises'll be broken.
Waste your summer praying in vain
For a savior to rise from E Street.
Waste your summer praying in vain
For a savior to rise from these streets.
Well, I'm on the road, that's understood
I'm hitching up and off with girls
beneath this dirty hood
Well, I'm no hero, that's understood
all the redemption I can offer girl,
is beneath this dirty hood
Well, I'm on the road, that's understood
I'm hitching up and off with girls
Beneath this dirty hood.
Well, I'm no hero, that's understood
All the redemption I can offer girl
Is beneath this dirty hood.
Your graduation galvanizing back at their feet.
Your graduation gown lies in rags at their feet.
Your graduation galvanizing back at their feet.
Your graduation gown lies in rags at their feet.